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6: Are You Enough?

6: Are You Enough?

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 Today, I'm thrilled to dive into one of the most profound questions we can ask ourselves: Are you enough? This concept is pervasive in our society and culture, and it can shape our lives in ways we might not even realize. Let’s explore what it truly means to be enough and how we can reconcile this idea with our desires for growth and fulfillment. Recently, I gave a talk at a women's event about this and here’s what I said. You are enough. You are enough. Are you though? Right now, I think, of course, I'm a little too much, actually. You are enough. When I hear this expression, you are enough, it feels so incomplete. Enough for who? Enough for you? Enough for me? Enough for what? Right? If you are enough, period, then there's nothing else you need to do or be. Boring. Like how boring would it be to be enough and to just stop? I think that I may interpret this just a little bit differently. While it's an endearing sentiment, I believe that it has been the cause of a lot of inaction. I'm sure what's meant when this is said is, accept yourself as you are, and although I believe that we must do that, I have a really hard time just leaving it at that. You are enough to me means that who you are, what you are, and the fact that you are is enough, of course. But, now here's where I take it to the next level. As human beings, we are designed to expand. There is a reason we have been given this amazing spirit and brain, and the fascinating capacity to imagine a world beyond our current reality. There's a reason that we can see things not just as they are, but how we can imagine them to be. If we can do all that, it doesn't make sense to me to simply say that what we are is enough. Instead, I'd like to think of it this way. You are enough right now to meet the challenges that lay before you in becoming that version of yourself that you have imagined. Let me say that again. You are enough right now to meet the challenges that lay before you in becoming that version of yourself that you have imagined. How about that? So yes, you sitting here right now listening to this are enough. The person that you are, what lights you up, the spirit that you have nurtured, you are enough. You have everything that you need inside you right now in this moment to be and do anything that you want to do. And if you're not thinking that's true right now, I want to challenge you because what you may have just thought is, yeah, okay, but I want to do something that I don't quite know how to do or know how to make happen for myself. I'm not there yet, and if you're feeling that, I understand that feeling very well, but it actually doesn't matter. It wholeheartedly doesn't matter at all that you don't know how to do it. The only thing that is important to note is that you want it. Do you want it? Do you know what it is, what it will feel like, how it will impact your life when you get it, when you achieve it, when you can touch it, whatever it is? When you get really clear on what it is that you're imagining often, what it is that you desire and often think about, maybe even subconsciously, start paying more attention to these ideas instead of brushing them off as impossibilities. You thought of it for yourself for a reason, it came into your realm intentionally, and now it is time to take all that you are and move towards that desire. So now, where does confidence come in? Because that's what we told you I was going to talk about, right? I believe passionately that progress equals confidence. So when we sit with the idea of we are enough, period, the inaction doesn't make us feel like we are enough. It actually makes us feel like we will never be enough. Because we're not making progress. We are not moving the needle. But what if we believed we are enough and? We are enough and I can and I will expand. I can learn more. I can be more. I can do more. Now for people who are already doing all the things, you're probably hearing that and thinking I'm exhausted. I ain't doing nothing more realistically. And I hear you. I feel that too. That exhaustion from running around from burnout, from living in a state of overwhelm — that is the true dream killer. Now it's time to start swapping. So swap out the things that are not allowing us to make progress. Trade the mundane for the joy. What is making up my day? How can I start doing things that really light me up so I can make progress in them and ride that momentum all the way until I feel the confidence? As we get clearer on our desires and on what we want to spend our time doing, we start to move towards those ideas. We start to move our time towards learning about them and surrounding ourselves with people that share like minded ideas about the future. Probably like many of you right now. So if progress can bring you confidence, how can I make more progress? What's next for me to do, to be, to learn? And if progress equals confidence, then what does ...
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